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Three retractions, two lawsuits, one institutional inquiry for San Diego orthopedic surgeon

Three retractions, two lawsuits, one institutional inquiry. That’s not the kind of math anyone likes to do — but it’s the tally for Harish Hosalkar, a San Diego surgeon specializing in pediatric orthopedics. Hosalkar became embroiled in a messy affair after problems surfaced in data he had published while at Rady Children’s Hospital — a … Continue reading Three retractions, two lawsuits, one institutional inquiry for San Diego orthopedic surgeon

Former Duke researcher charged with embezzlement has a paper retracted

A new retraction notice in the Journal of Applied Physiology gives only a hint at the problems in the paper, but what it does say has led us to a story about one of its co-authors. Here’s the notice, from a team at Duke:

Dispute over data forces retraction of wasp paper

An article published in the Bulletin of the Italian Society of Entomology has been retracted in the wake of a squabble over the ownership of the data. The 2012 paper, “A contribution to the Ichneumoninae fauna of Sicily (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae,” was written by Matthias Riedel and Salvatore Tomarchio, and deals with the so-called ichneumon wasps … Continue reading Dispute over data forces retraction of wasp paper

Bitter legal fight leads to a retracted retraction

Two years ago, the FASEB Journal retracted a paper that it had initially agreed to correct, after a dean at one of the author’s institutions said that a “well-recognized and top-class fact finding commission concluded that the publication contains gross flaws.” The retraction of the 2003 paper, as we noted at the time, punctuated a … Continue reading Bitter legal fight leads to a retracted retraction

Ulrich Lichtenthaler now up to 12 retractions

Industrial and Corporate Change is the site of management professor Ulrich Lichtenthaler’s 12th retraction. Here’s the notice for “Outward knowledge transfer: the impact of project-based organization on performance,” originally published in 2010:

Researcher found by ORI to have committed misconduct earns back right to apply for Federal grants

A former researcher at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in  Memphis has won back the right to apply for Federal research funding despite a 2011 finding against him by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI). Philippe Bois, a cancer researcher now working at the Scripps Research Institute in Florida, argued that the alleged misconduct in … Continue reading Researcher found by ORI to have committed misconduct earns back right to apply for Federal grants

Calibration error sends moisture paper down the drain

Scientific experiments are like recipes: With the right components and the proper steps, the end result can be a thing of beauty. But if you start with a cup of salt instead of a cup of flour, well, even the neighbor’s schnauzer won’t touch that batch of sugar cookies. That’s a little like the situation … Continue reading Calibration error sends moisture paper down the drain

Cardiff clears dean of misconduct allegations, but finds former researcher falsified images

A second investigation into work co-authored by Paul Morgan, a dean at Cardiff University, has cleared him of research misconduct, but has found that Rossen Donev, a former researcher at the university — who has already retracted one study — falsified images in four papers. As we reported last August, Cardiff “initiated its Procedure for … Continue reading Cardiff clears dean of misconduct allegations, but finds former researcher falsified images

ORI rules in longstanding University of Washington misconduct case

A case of alleged misconduct at the University of Washington in Seattle may finally be over. The Office of Research Integrity released its findings following an investigation into the work of Andrew Aprikyan, a former hematology researcher at the university. The Aprikyan case has dragged on for a decade. In 2010, the university fired the … Continue reading ORI rules in longstanding University of Washington misconduct case

Arsenic-in-the-water paper with “interesting data” first corrected, now retracted

Note (4/9/13): John McArthur contacted us with a few corrections, which we have made below. The Journal of Contaminant Hydrology has retracted a 2008 paper by a group of Indian scientists for plagiarism and the failure to adequately reference their sources. What makes this case somewhat unusual is that the journal allowed the authors to … Continue reading Arsenic-in-the-water paper with “interesting data” first corrected, now retracted